Head football coaches in Class 5A, District 6 selected Iowa City West senior quarterback Jack Wallace as the district’s Most Valuable Player. Scott Chandler and his assistants at Iowa City Liberty is the Coaching Staff of the Year.
Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s 2024-25 preseason rankings. West Des Moines Dowling, North Polk, Estherville ELC, Eddyville EBF and Algona Garrigan are No. 1.
City High’s Grace Hoeper and West’s Kamila Swanson will be among the favorites this weekend in Marshalltown
The Mount Vernon football team fell behind Algona, 22-0, in the first half of its Class 3A state football playoff quarterfinal Friday night. But the Mustangs hung around and scored late for a 31-28 victory.
Photos from the Iowa high school girls’ swimming regional meet Saturday at Linn-Mar Aquatic Center.
Iowa City High swimmer Grace Hoeper, who attends Solon and will swim collegiately at Indiana, elected to defend her two 2023 state titles. On Saturday, she won the 50-yard freestyle (23.34 seconds) and the 100 freestyle (50.95) and also swam the lead leg of the Little Hawks’ winning 200 freestyle relay.
Class 1A eighth-ranked Wilton downed No. 7 Iowa City Regina, 21-14, Friday in the quarterfinal round of the Iowa high school state football playoffs in Iowa City. Wilton makes its first appearance in the state semifinal round next Friday at the UNI-Dome.
Chase Smith connected with Kye Smith for a 25-yard touchdown with 29 seconds left to give North Scott a 28-24 win, handing Decorah its first loss in the Class 4A state football quarterfinals.
Fifth-ranked Iowa City Liberty beat No. 8 Ankeny 21-13 in a Class 5A Iowa high school football state quarterfinal game Friday night in North Liberty.
The Gazette’s roundup of Friday, Nov. 8 Iowa high school football playoff quarterfinal games with statewide scores and complete area coverage.
North Polk ended Cedar Rapids Xavier’s football season in the state quarterfinals a year ago. The Comets did it again this year with a 35-14 victory Friday night at home.
n just its seventh season as a varsity football program, Liberty advanced to the state semifinals for the first time after dispatching traditional playoff heavyweight Ankeny, 21-13, in a Class 5A state quarterfinal game Friday night.
Madrid defeated Lisbon 27-14 in a 2024 Class A Iowa high school football quarterfinal game in Lisbon on Friday.
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